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Keeping Up With Jones

THE PARTY While the 100th birthday celebration of the American Cancer Society was held at the jam-packed Fox Theatre, it still managed to feel like an intimate evening. In between introducing each of his friends who performed onstage, Quincy Jones told stories of his long history in the music business including tales of working with Michael Jackson. THE PLAYERS Allen Stone, Peter Thomas, Quincy Jones THE SCENE After Jones told an anecdote about Jackson, Siedah Garrett, who wrote “Man in the Mirror” for the pop icon sang the song for the crowd. The evening’s other special guests included Grammy winner James Ingram, R&B, pop and jazz singer Patti Austin, composer and pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and jazz-pop singer-songwriter Nikki Yanofsky. Photography by G. Paras Griffin